Piano
A piano was a musical instrument invented on Earth. Its sounds were produced by padded hammers striking metal strings. The sound was controlled by a keyboard of 88 keys, typically played by a single operator using both hands. The pedals were operated by feet.
In the Last Chance Saloon, Dodo Chaplet was forced to play the piano while Steven Taylor sang. Following this, Steven played while Kate Fisher sang. (TV: The Gunfighters [+]Loading...["The Gunfighters (TV story)"])
While attending the birthday party of the Lorduke of Zazz, Frobisher played the piano while the Sixth Doctor danced. (COMIC: The Gift [+]Loading...["The Gift (comic story)"])
The Seventh Doctor played the piano shortly before arriving at the Forge. (AUDIO: Project Lazarus [+]Loading...["Project Lazarus (audio story)"])
The Eighth Doctor once played "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath on a piano. Fitz Kreiner played "Let It Be" by The Beatles on piano, the Doctor congratulated him on his rendition. (PROSE: Eater of Wasps [+]Loading...["Eater of Wasps (novel)"])
The Mondasian Cyberman Bremm played "Moonlight Sonata" on the piano during the performances of the "Silver Turk" at the Vienna Exposition. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk [+]Loading...["The Silver Turk (audio story)"])
Duncan played the piano, and it was possible that he moved to Berlin with his piano. (PROSE: The Story of Fester Cat [+]Loading...["The Story of Fester Cat (novel)"])
Yvonne Hartman had Geoff play the piano in the reception of Torchwood Tower. (AUDIO: New Girl [+]Loading...["New Girl (audio story)"])
John Smith saved a woman and her baby from being crushed by a piano by throwing a cricket ball. (TV: The Family of Blood [+]Loading...["The Family of Blood (TV story)"])
In 2007, Bridget Sinclair said she could play the piano. She played the piano when LINDA became a band. (TV: Love & Monsters [+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"])
A piano was being played in the saloon of Mercy, Nevada when the Eleventh Doctor arrived. (TV: A Town Called Mercy [+]Loading...["A Town Called Mercy (TV story)"])
Missy had a piano inside the Vault, (TV: The Lie of the Land [+]Loading...["The Lie of the Land (TV story)"]) having been given it by the Twelfth Doctor in 2017. (TV: Knock Knock [+]Loading...["Knock Knock (TV story)"])
Grace O'Brien taught her grandson Ryan Sinclair to play a tune on the piano, but he always got the keys wrong. While the Thirteenth Doctor and her companions were visiting Villa Diodati in 1816, the valet Fletcher played the piano while Mary Shelley and her friends taught the guests quadrille. Afterwards, Ryan sat down with Mary at the piano and played the tune his grandmother taught him, but kept hitting the wrong notes. However, Shelley enjoyed the performance nevertheless. She stated that she should practice playing piano more, but confessed that she preferred writing. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati [+]Loading...["The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)"])
In Gabriel Chase during 1883, Gwendoline Pritchard played on a piano and sang "That's the Way to the Zoo". (TV: Ghost Light [+]Loading...["Ghost Light (TV story)"])
Maestro entered the universe through a piano when Timothy Drake played the Lost Chord during a lesson with Henry Arbinger, and was later banished through the Mrs Mills Piano when John Lennon and Paul McCartney played the Lost Chord on it at Abbey Road's EMI Recording Studios. (TV: The Devil's Chord [+]Loading...["The Devil's Chord (TV story)"])
Piano players[[edit] | edit source]
People who played piano included Dodo Chaplet, Steven Taylor, (TV: The Gunfighters [+]Loading...["The Gunfighters (TV story)"]) Frobisher, (COMIC: The Gift [+]Loading...["The Gift (comic story)"]) Gwendoline Pritchard, (TV: Ghost Light [+]Loading...["Ghost Light (TV story)"]) Bridget Sinclair, (TV: Love & Monsters [+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"]) the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner, (PROSE: Eater of Wasps [+]Loading...["Eater of Wasps (novel)"]) Constance Clarke, (AUDIO: The Behemoth [+]Loading...["The Behemoth (audio story)"]) Fletcher, Ryan Sinclair, Mary Shelley, (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati [+]Loading...["The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)"]) and Ruby Sunday (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])
